ALICE A Large Ion Collider Experiment EPPOG CERN October 2006 Catherine Decosse C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 A. Saba photography 3-year school project Following ALICE Interactive data analysis display for schools Theatre play Arlecchin and the colour of quarks ALICE Video Clip for general public C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 Antonio SABA Photography INFN (CA) for expo La Bellezza della Fisica CERN/ALICE contract C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 Following ALICE Seguendo ALICE HIGH SCHOOL Liceo Classico Gioberti in Torino Paola Porta Vercellin Physics second year class (15years old) up to final examination ( ) Goal: make students track a large experiment from assembly to final results, opportunity to understand how scientific community works and importance of international collaboration and CERNs role in fundamental research. One "ALICE week/year to examine the experimental lay-out, progress and possible problems, results and their impact on the scientific debate Building an experiment (general purpose of Alice, experimental layout, visit to Alice) Setting-up an experiment (calibration, data acquisition and grid analysis) First results (analysis methods, experimental error bars) Results interpretation (comparison to theoretical models, next steps of Alice data taking) C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 Interactive data analysis display for schools under discussion C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 Arlequin and the colour of quarks Written by Marco Monteno (INFN Torino) just received 1 st prize Teatro & Scienza al Mulino di Amleto; For the annual ball, the princess asks Arlequin, the colour specialist, to find for her a dress with coloured quarks.unique and inimitable colours! English/French translation planned; Play (when, where ?? Still to be defined) C. Decosse 19 th European Particle Physics Outreach Group Meeting CERN October 2006 ALICE Video Clip 7 minute video clip for the general public 3 students: Eric Bland / Boston University Nathan Carrillat / Lycee L. de Vinci Loic Marcoux / Lycee L. de Vinci Great support from the CERN video service (Jacques Fichet, Neil Mills and Jean-Claude Vialis)